Broadcast area | Metro Charlottesville |
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Frequency | 100.1 FM MHz |
Branding | "WXTJ" |
Programming | |
Format | Freeform[1] |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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WTJU | |
History | |
First air date | September 5, 2015[2][3] |
Former call signs | WXTJ-LP (2015–Present)[4] |
Call sign meaning | WX Thomas Jefferson |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 194838 |
Class | L1 |
Power | 23 Watts |
HAAT | 62 meters (203 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°1′49.0″N 78°29′22.0″W / 38.030278°N 78.489444°W |
Links | |
Webcast | WXTJ-LP Webstream |
Website | WXTJ-LP Online |
WXTJ-LP is a Freeform formatted broadcast radio station licensed to and serving Charlottesville, Virginia,[1] owned and operated by the University of Virginia.[5]
WXTJ-LP was founded by the staff of WTJU (91.1 FM) in 2013 as a response to low and declining student involvement at the University of Virginia's long-established college radio station. WXTJ is now entirely administered and programmed by students, with WTJU's staff providing only studio space and technical support.[6]
The station first went live on the Internet in the fall of 2013 under the fictitious callsign WTJX. A planned Part 15 AM transmitter on 1620 kHz while the station raised money for an FM signal was publicized, but never materialized. WXTJ gained its current callsign as a side effect of applying for an LPFM license in 2015. Although the suffixed callsign WTJX-LP is not in use, FCC rules require approval if any station is already using the base callsign – in this case, WTJX-TV of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands, who expressed their opposition.[6][7]